Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
September 19, 2020
Submitted
September 21, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N692DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
29724
Aircraft time
67,578 hours, 28,378 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
93,742 hours, 37,957 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Fire
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

THE AIRCRAFT BEHIND NOTICED A FIRE FROM THE NR 2 ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN WITH NO ONBOARD FIRE INDICATIONS ALERTING. NO FURTHER SMOKE OR FLAME WAS NOTED AFTER SHUTDOWN. THE NR 1 ENGINE HAD BEEN STARTED NORMALLY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE NR 2 ENGINE WAS STARTED AT THE GATE AND UPON LIGHT OFF, A CONTINUOUS 10-12 FOOT FLAME WAS OBSERVED FROM THE EXHAUST. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AT 36% N2, 7% N1, AND A MAX EGT OF 412F. CORRECTIVE ACTION: MAINTENANCE FOUND EPCS MESSAGE S 275-19. PERFORMED FIM 71-01-00 815-802-P00 AND GOT EPS MESSAGE 275-25. THE NR 2 ENGINE EEC WAS REPLACED, PER B757 AMM 73-21-04. TESTS WERE GOOD, ENGINE IDLE RUN WAS NORMAL, ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL, AND NO FLAMES FROM THE EXHAUST OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.